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Do what you have to do, to do what you want to do.

Denzel Washington

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Denzel Washington
Age: 69
Born: 1954
Born: December 28
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Denzel Hayes Washington Jr.
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I'm from around Tennessee. I ran away when I was 12 years old and I ain't never looked back.
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My faith helps me understand that circumstances don't dictate my happiness, my inner peace.
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My father was a minister for 50 years with Pentecostal Church of God in Christ. We prayed about everything, every day, then he always said, Amen. God is love. I thought God is love was one word. Like Godislove. And it took me a long time to learn what that really meant.
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